Managed Collaborative Virtual Workspace

Unmanaged workers such as contractors, consultants, temporary workers, and outsourced workers often require a computing environment on a project basis to perform a specific set of tasks. These types of workers typically use their own PCs that are considered unmanaged and untrusted desktop computers from the Enterprise’s perspective. When their project is completed, their computing environment needs to be de-provisioned and their user data secured.

One approach to solving this problem is to allow these workers to use their own PC with a well-managed and highly isolated vDesk workspace containing the applications, data and setting necessary to complete their task . When using their vDesk workspace, confidential data and network traffic is completely isolated from the user’s unmanaged PC. Once an unmanaged worker’s project has concluded, administrators can revoke the workspace instantly, preventing access to the corporate applications and data.

Workspace Integrity

Unmanaged desktops also introduce security risks. These PCs may contain viruses or malware and often do not adhere to corporate standards. There is also a need for enterprises to insure control over unmanaged desktops to prevent data leakage.

vDesk provides host security policy enforcement capabilities that IT organizations can enable to check the integrity of an unmanaged desktop prior to allowing a vDesk workspace to run. The host security scan enforcement policies ensure that anti-virus applications are present and active along with anti-malware, and firewalls on an unmanaged PC. vDesk also features encryption and isolation polices for data leakage prevention by disabling access to external devices, printers, network attached drives, and the host PC from within the vDesk workspace.

“vDesk has allowed us to secure our agent’s environments and ensure desktop security measures are in place” Marc Robinson Vice President of IT Cloud 10 Corporation

Customer Success Learn more about how Cloud 10 Corporation uses vDesk for to manage unmanaged desktops and workers. View Case Study

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